By Chinelo Obogo
The Director General of Global Initiatives for Good Governance (GIGG), Dr. Emeka Kalu, has said that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, remains the only politician who can defeat he All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.
Responding to a statement from Olabode George, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain who said Atiku has to wait till 2031 before he can contest for president, Kalu said in a statement he released on Thursday, that leadership is a sensitive profession in which persons with the skills like Atiku are needed.
Kalu said Atiku is an unbiased Nigerian with friends from across the country. He accused those chastising the presidential candidate of PDP in the 2023 elections as those who are fond of ‘installing inexperienced persons in political positions of authority with the deceptive intent of receiving undue gratifications from them.’
He said: “As the curtain of 2027 general elections closes on, Atiku Abubakar remains the only leader with the wealth of experience to fix Nigeria, rejuvenate the nation’s crumbling economy and bring it to the front page of excellence. The present state of the nation demands that a President of a national unity be popularly elected since the APC’s vetted nine years of governance has woefully failed us.
“Leadership is a sensitive profession and only those with the capacity, wisdom and sagacity are fit to govern the polity. Those sentimentally harbouring ill-conceived feelings of ethnic hatred, mudslinging and media attacks on Atiku’s personality are the main enemies of the country who are good at sponsoring and installing stooge in position of authority with the deceptive intent of receiving undue gratifications from the puppets.
“They rely on cheap political permutations to peddle falsehood against a man whose good antecedents have penciled his name on the golden stones of honour.”
Kalu insisted that Nigeria in the hands of Atiku as the President would be economically transformed, taking the nation’s economy a distance in advancement, investment, infrastructure and security of lives and properties.
He further described Atiku as a round peg in a round hole whose preparedness to rejig the nation’s socio-political and economic system remained unwavering.
He urged Nigerians to rally round Atiku by providing him with all political support needed to have him duly elected as the next President of Nigeria in 2027.
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